NEW ORLEANS — As floodwaters began receding Monday in northwest Louisiana, emergency officials in southeast Louisiana, near the Mississippi state line, were watching the rise of the Pearl River amid widespread flooding that has damaged thousands of homes.
The water has started to ebb from flooded subdivisions in south Bossier City on the Red River in northern Louisiana.
National Weather Service forecaster C.S. Ross in Shreveport said it will take at least a week before homeowners can get back to their homes and assess the damage.
In Arkansas, a fast-moving weekend storm system brought rain, hail and reports of tornadoes.
Meanwhile, the Weather Service has pushed back the timeline of flooding from the Pearl River at the southern end of the Louisiana-Mississippi line.
Forecaster Phil Grigsby predicts the Pearl River could reach 21 feet by late Tuesday or early Wednesday — the height of a 1983 flood.
